Concisely

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Expressing information in a brief and clear manner using few words
2. Communicating ideas in a succinct and precise way while minimizing superfluous language
3. Delivering thoughts in a manner that is both clear and economical by using a limited number of words

Etymology: "Concisely" is a plain formation: the adjective "concise" with the adverb ending "-ly" added. The adjective itself comes from Latin "concisus", the past participle of "concidere", meaning "to cut up" or "to cut short", built from "con-" (together, intensive) and "caedere" (to cut). So a concise statement is, literally, one that has been cut down to its essentials. The ending is far older than the Latin borrowing. "-ly" descends from Old English "-līċe", which was attached to adjectives to form adverbs, and it traces back through Proto-Germanic "*-līkō" to a shared Indo-European root meaning "body" or "form", so that "-ly" carries the sense of "in the manner of" something. Adding it to the borrowed adjective is an English habit that goes back well over a thousand years, long before "concise" arrived.

Synonyms: briefly, succinctly, terse, pithily, summarily

Antonyms: lengthily, verbose, wordily, prolix, rambling